THE BOER WAR.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 372, 22 March 1902, Page 2

THE BOER WAR.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, March 20. Owing to the extension of civil rule, the Military Governorship of Pretoria has lapsed. Dr Kuyper, the Netherlands Premier, has asked Great Britain’s permission to i send an ambulance and several physicians ( to the Boers. A transport with the Canadian Contingent aboard has been quarantined at Durban. There are six cases of smallpox aboard. Twenty-nine Boers from Netherland, northwards of Balmoral, owing to the approach of winter, surrendered on Saturday. Now York, March 20. A consignment of ammunition, about to be shipped to antwerp, it is supposad for the Boers, exploded during a fire at the Phoenix steamship pier, Hoboken,

New York. A quantity of rifles were unearthed from amongst the ruins. BOERS WELL SUPPLIED. BOTHA’S INFLUENCE DECLINING. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright London, March 21. Irreconcilable Boers in the Western Transvaal have plenty of arms, ammunition, transport, and stock, and are little hampered by the block-houses. Lord Kitchener has ordered General Woolls Sampson to organise an intelligence corps there. None of the commandos in the Eastern Transvaal exceed 300. Botha’s influence is steadily declining. The National Burgher Scouts captured at Standorton, Williams, the notorious train-wrecker.

9000 BOERS STILL IN THE FIELD By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrigh London, March 21. In the House of Commons Mr Chamberlain gave an estimate that there are 9000 Boers still in the field. A few recruits to the Boer ranks were obtained in Cape Colony. A large proportion of the prisoners in Ceylon, India, and St. Helena were, he said, eager to return to peaceful avocations. This was a good augury of the future. Mr Brodrick said that great progress had been made with the war during the last few months. BOER DELEGATE IN AMERICA. PRO-BOER BRYAN.

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrigh; Washington, Mar. 21.

Weasels, the Boers’ delegate, asked President Roosevelt to appoint a commission of army officers to review the conduct of the war in South Africa.

Mr Bryan, at the instance of a caucus of Democrats in the House of Representatives, adopted strong pro-Boer resolutions.

Mr Bryan hopes to make the Boer war the issue of the Congressional elections in autumn.

Wellington, last night. The Premier is advised by Colonel Davies that the Cornwall, with the Southern Battalian of the Eighth Contingent, arrived at Durban last Saturday. All the New ZeMandors wounded recently are doing well, except 4620 Fookes, dangerously ill; 4374 Bremer (? 4397 Creemer) is dongerously ill of enterio at Harrismith.